So, I started remembering this old novel on Royal road, and after much searching I found that the name was naptaranas by silverchoose, unfortunately I couldn't find a working link for it, does anyone have a link for it?
I can't even find that member anymore. I'm assuming the author chose to delete both his work and account. The most I could find for you is this: Code: https://web.archive.org/web/20150901062019/http://royalroadl.com/fiction/796